| Rosalind Russell | |
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 from the trailer for The Casino Murder Case (1935) |
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| Born | June 4, 1907 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | November 28, 1976 (aged 69) Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Frederick Brisson (1941-1976) |
Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American award-winning film and stage actress, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway and in film. The Casino Murder Case ( 1934) is a murder case featuring detective Philo Vance written by S Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and His Girl Friday is a Screwball comedy, a Remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
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Biography
Early life
Rosalind Russell was one of seven siblings born in Waterbury, Connecticut to Clara and James Edward Russell,[1] an Irish-American Catholic family. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. She was not named after the character from Shakespeare's As You Like It, but rather after the ship on which her parents had travelled. William Shakespeare ( baptised As You Like It is a Pastoral Comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published She attended Catholic schools, namely Marymount College in Tarrytown NY, before attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark The City of New York
Career
She started her career as a fashion model and was in many Broadway shows. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In the early 1930s, she began to work for MGM, where she starred in many comedies, such as Forsaking All Others and Four's a Crowd, as well as dramas, including Craig's Wife and The Citadel. Forsaking All Others is a 1934 Motion picture directed by WS Van Dyke, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Four's a Crowd ( 1938) is a romantic comedy directed by Michael Curtiz and released by Warner Brothers. The Citadel is a 1938 film based on the novel by A J Cronin, first published in 1937. In 1939, she was cast as a catty gossip in the all-female comedy The Women, directed by George Cukor. For the 1939 George Cukor film based on the play see The Women (1939 film. George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director.
She proved her talent for comedy in the classic screwball comedy His Girl Friday, directed by Howard Hawks. His Girl Friday is a Screwball comedy, a Remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles The screwball comedy is a subgenre of the comedy Film genre. It has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring film genres His Girl Friday is a Screwball comedy, a Remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and She played a quick-witted ace reporter who was also the ex-wife of her former newspaper editor (played by Cary Grant).
In the 1940s, she continued to make both comedies such as The Feminine Touch and Take a Letter Darling, dramas like Sister Kenny and Mourning Becomes Electra, and a murder mystery The Velvet Touch. Sister Kenny is a 1946 biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse who fought to help people who suffered from Mourning Becomes Electra is the title for a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill, first performed in 1931 The Velvet Touch is a 1948 American Drama film released by RKO.
Over the course of her career, Russell earned four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: in 1942 for "My Sister Eileen"; in 1946 for "Sister Kenny"; in 1947 for "Mourning Becomes Electra"; and in 1958 for the movie version of Auntie Mame. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. My Sister Eileen originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a Book, a play, a musical, Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sister Kenny is a 1946 biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse who fought to help people who suffered from Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mourning Becomes Electra is the title for a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill, first performed in 1931 Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Auntie Mame is a 1958 film based on the novel of the same name starring Rosalind Russell and directed by Morton DaCosta. Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward She received a Special Academy Award, The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1972. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The awarded trophy for The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is an "Oscar" statuette.
Russell appeared as the Mystery Guest on What's My Line? on January 4, 1953. What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS During her appearance, like most other Mystery Guests, Russell disguised her voice. Her voice however, was so well disguised that Dorothy Killgallen was convinced that the Mystery Guest was a man. After Russell's identity was guessed, she told the panel that her voice was so hoarse from "overwork in rehearsing" for her upcoming role in "Wonderful Town" that it made it very easy to diguise her voice in that way.
Russell scored a big hit on Broadway with her Tony Award-winning performance in Wonderful Town in 1953. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The play was a musical version of her successful film of a decade earlier, My Sister Eileen. My Sister Eileen originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a Book, a play, a musical, Russell reprised her starring role in the musical version in 1958 in a television special.
Russell returned to her native Waterbury for the world premiere of her movie The Girl Rush at the State Theater on August 18, 1955.
Probably her most memorable performance was in the title role of the long-running stage hit Auntie Mame and the subsequent movie version, in which she played an eccentric aunt whose orphan nephew comes to live with her. Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward Auntie Mame is a 1958 film based on the novel of the same name starring Rosalind Russell and directed by Morton DaCosta. When asked which role she was most closely identified with, she replied that strangers who spotted her still called out, "Hey, Auntie Mame!" She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play in 1957 for her iconic role. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, she continued to shine with older roles in a large number of movies, giving notable performances in Picnic, A Majority of One, Gypsy and The Trouble with Angels. Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope film in Technicolor which tells the story of an ex-college football star turned drifter who arrives in a small Kansas town A Majority of One is a play by Leonard Spigelgass. The Comedy involves Mrs Gypsy is a 1962 musical made by Warner Bros, about the life of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. The Trouble with Angels is a 1966 Comedy film about the adventures of two girls in an all girls school run by nuns
Russell was the logical choice for reprising her role as "Auntie Mame" when its Broadway musical adaptation Mame was set for production in 1966. MAME is an Emulator application designed to recreate the Hardware of Arcade game systems in Software, with the intent of preserving gaming She claimed to have turned it down since she preferred to move on to different roles. In reality, she did not want to burden the public with her growing health problems, which included rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that causes the Immune system to attack the Joints, where
Rosalind Russell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1708 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
Personal life
She married Danish-American producer Frederick Brisson on October 25, 1941. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred was often referred to in Hollywood as "The Lizard of Roz" due to his habit of getting choice Broadway play roles for the movie to be played by his wife Roz. They had one child in 1943, a son named Lance. Her father-in-law was the successful Danish actor Carl Brisson. Carl Brisson ( 24 December, 1893 &ndash 26 September, 1958) was a Danish film Actor.
Russell died after a long battle with breast cancer in 1976 at the age of 69, although initially her age was misreported because she had shaved a few years off her true age. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She was survived by her husband and son. She is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, California. Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County California.
Her autobiography, written with Chris Chase, entitled Life is a Banquet was published a year after her death. In the foreword (written by her husband), he states that Russell had a nervous breakdown sometime in the early 1940s. Details are scant, but it indicates that her health problems can be traced back to the 1940s.
Filmography
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References
External links
- Rosalind Russell at Find A Grave
- Rosalind Russell at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rosalind Russell at the Internet Movie Database
- Rosalind Russell at the TCM Movie Database
- Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell by Bernard F. Dick
- Profile @ Turner Classic Movies
- Photographs and bibliography
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Ingrid Bergman for The Bells of St. Mary's |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1947 for Sister Kenny 1948 for Mourning Becomes Electra |
Succeeded by Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda |
| Preceded by Gertrude Lawrence for The King and I |
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 1953 for Wonderful Town |
Succeeded by Dolores Gray for Carnival in Flanders |
| Preceded by Kay Kendall for Les Girls |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1959 for Auntie Mame |
Succeeded by Marilyn Monroe for Some Like It Hot |
| Preceded by Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1962 for A Majority of One 1963 for Gypsy |
Succeeded by Shirley MacLaine for Irma la Douce |
| Preceded by Frank Sinatra |
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1972 |
Succeeded by Lew Wasserman |
| Preceded by Walter Pidgeon |
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 1975 |
Succeeded by Pearl Bailey |
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| NAME | Russell, Rosalind |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress, singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waterbury, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1976 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California |
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